Professor of Middle East Studies, US Army War College
Professor of Middle East Studies at the US Army War College and author of The Talibanization of Pakistan
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Larry Goodson
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Tensions in Afghanistan: Rising Death Toll, US Hostage Video Four US soldiers reportedly have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, today. Over the weekend, various websites received video of PFC Bowe Bergdahl , an American soldier captured earlier in Afghanistan. Larry Goodson is Professor of Middle East Studies at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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The Taliban in Afghanistan: Back with a Vengeance Hundreds of escaped prisoners and other Taliban militants are said to be dug in a few miles from Afghanistan’s second largest city. Thousands of villagers have fled from orchards and vineyards, and today NATO forces and Afghan soldiers launched an effort to drive the insurgents out. Is this the predicted "Spring offensive," with Taliban forces better armed and more strategically savvy than ever before? Can they further damage the already shaky regime of President Hamid Karzai? Can they kill enough coalition soldiers to weaken support in NATO countries?
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